John McEnroe tells ESPN guest she's making him 'self conscious' as Wimbledon coverage begins with technical issues

TENNIS icon John McEnroe was on fine form as he kicked off ESPN's Wimbledon coverage - even as he battled technical problems.

McEnroe, 64, was covering the third grand slam of the year Monday morning.

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He sat alongside Chris McKendry, Patrick McEnroe and Chris Evert to welcome the early viewers at 6am ET.

John began by toasting his brother Patrick for his birthday two days ago.

And he had a laugh with host McKendry about the British weather.

She asked him: "Were you here last year?"

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To which McEnroe joked: "I've been here the last 40 years."

The ESPN panelists then began talking about men's tournament favorite Novak Djokovic.

But McEnroe reached for his right ear and said: "My earpiece - apologies."

He then said to Evert: "Chris, you're staring at my ear. I'm getting self-conscious."

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ESPN broadcasts the third grand slam of the year live in the United States across it's platforms, including ABC and ESPN+.

McEnroe's earpiece wasn't the only glitch to their coverage on the first morning.

Graphics on the bottom of the screen also showed the wrong start time for matches on the show courts.

Djokovic was due to kickoff proceedings on Centre Court at 1.30pm local time - 8.30amET.

And Iga Swiatek was first up on Court No 1 at 1pm local time - 8amET.

But ESPN's graphic mistakenly had Djokovic beginning at 1.30pmET with Swiatek set for 1pmET.

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